Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, raises new concerns about insecurity in Nigeria’s South-West. Adams says terrorists have infiltrated at least 40 local government areas across the region, according to reports in Vanguard and The Punch. Both outlets present the claim as a warning about an emerging or worsening security challenge and cite Adams as the source of the figures. The coverage also links Adams’s comments to calls for government attention and coordinated action to address threats in the South-West. Neither report provides independent confirmation of the infiltration claims or detailed breakdowns of which local government areas are affected. The reports focus on Adams’s assessment and the urgency he attaches to it, rather than on new verifiable incidents or official security statistics. The claim contributes to ongoing public discussion about the scale and spread of security threats in the region and the need for further measures to mitigate them.